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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "engrjerryumeh@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: info@www.com
Reply-To: EngrJerryUmeh@qq.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 03:21:24 -0400
Subject: Sincere Proposition

I am Engr.Jerry Umeh, a Director with the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), which is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am contacting you based on your business expertise which we think you can put to play in assisting us receive, bank and invest the sum of US$60,000,000.00 (Sixty Million United States Dollars only) into a safe foreign account.

I am contacting you for your help and partnership for the following reasons:

1. The immediate past administration has approved the sum for payment.

2. As a civil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign accounts due to the civil service code of conduct.

3.My present financial resources as a civil servant will not be sufficient for me to handle the transfer alone successfully without financial assistance from a reliable foreign partner abroad.

40% of this sum would be for you as compensation for using your Bank account in transferring this money, 10% would be used to reimburse the expenses incurred by both parties during the processing of the transfer which include, telephone bills, travelling expenses and fees, and the remaining 50% is for the Nigerian partners.
Please note that I will arrange to meet with you immediately after the successful conclusion of the transfer as it is my intention to invest our 70% share overseas. Your assistance and co-operation is highly needed. I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free.

If you are interested I will require your banking information as mentioned below:

1. Name to be used as beneficiary and beneficiary address.

2. Your private and confidential telephone.

3. Your bank name and address, your bank Telephone and fax number(s).

4. Or if you are not comfortable with providing your existing account, you can within the shortest possible time, confidentially open an entirely new account for the transaction. I would prefer this arrangement.

I hope to conclude this business within the next fourteen(14) working days.

I am looking forward to your anticipated and urgent positive response to this email. EngrJerryUmeh@qq.com.

Best regards,

Engr.Jerry Umeh.

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